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Teen Who Went Viral Meeting Saquon Barkley Now ‘Out Of Options’ In Cancer Fight Teen Who Went Viral Meeting Saquon Barkley Now ‘Out Of Options’ In Cancer Fight
Teen Who Went Viral Meeting Saquon Barkley Now ‘Out Of Options’ In Cancer Fight More than $23,000 has been raised to support a 15-year-old boy fighting aggressive childhood cancer after a recent hospitalization left him temporarily paralyzed. You may recognize Ke’yair Christie, 15, of Ewing, from a video that went viral on Facebook showing Samuel Weidenhofer surprising him and his family at Walmart with a Saquon Barkley jersey and tickets to an Eagles game. “Key has been fighting for his life since he was 8 years old,” the fundraiser states. “He is 15 now—and in those seven years, he has endured more than most people face in a lifetime,” the fundraiser launch…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Support Swells For Dying North Jersey Teen Support Swells For Dying North Jersey Teen
Support Swells For Dying North Jersey Teen Lamont "LJ" Alston, a 17-year-old senior at Pascack Valley High School, has been placed in hospice care after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma. LJ was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 16 in February, with recent scans having shown the cancer metastasized, according to a GoFundMe page for him and his family. The teen went into hospice two weeks ago and has faith he can defeat his cancer. His parents, Cris and Lamont, have created a bucket list for him. As of Wednesday, Dec. 20, almost $28,000 has been raised for the Alstons. This is my nephew LJ, I call him Jacob. For the last…

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by Sam Barron
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TRUE CRUSADER: Bergen Catholic Mourns Senior Track Runner Kyle Egan, 17 TRUE CRUSADER: Bergen Catholic Mourns Senior Track Runner Kyle Egan, 17
True Crusader: Bergen Catholic Mourns Senior Track Runner Kyle Egan, 17 Bergen Catholic senior Kyle Egan died Thursday, Nov. 14 surrounded by his family following a valiant battle with cancer. He was 17 years old. Formerly of Staten Island and Brooklyn Heights, Kyle moved to Saddle River in 2004. He attended the Wandell School and Ramsey's Eric Smith Middle School. Kyle ran track at Bergen Catholic, and was being remembered as a crusader. "Tonight the entire Bergen Catholic community writes to you with very heavy hearts, losing one of our own this afternoon to cancer," Crusader Crazies wrote on Twitter. "Kyle was by definition a leader and a Crusader. His sm…

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by Cecilia Levine